NEWS-LEDGER — JAN 7, 2015 By Cherie Schroeder Yolo County Foster Kinship Care Program Local families are needed for local foster children, newborns through transitional age youth. Winter can be harsh on children and families. During the month of November and into early December there was a definite up-swing in the number of children Yolo [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER of WEST SACRAMENTO – Yolo CASA, a nonprofit that specializes in advocating for children as they spend time in the foster care system, needs new volunteers. Training provided. Successful volunteers will spend time with the child they’re paired with, talk to professionals and caregivers in that child’s life, and advocate in the [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – Teens are invited to submit an original photo in September for a contest at the library. Deliver your entry in person (1212 Merkley Avenue) or email it to teenlibrarycontest@gmail.com. Copyright News-Ledger 2014

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FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – The local school district is accepting registration for kindergarten and for “transitional kindergarten” (TK) through August 1. For kindergarten, a child’s first birthday must occur by September 1, 2014. For TK, the birthday must be between September 2 and December 2. Bring a birth certificate, up-to-date immunization records, copy of utility [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 11, 2014 – The Davis Rebekah Lodge has donated $500 to help care for “Aloha,” a comfort dog working with the Yolo County District Attorney’s office. Aloha often visits with adults and children as they participate, under stress, in court. And she visits kids and parents in family law court. [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 14, 2014 – Help the family of Westmore Oaks Elementary School teacher Amy Mills by showing up for some spaghetti, a silent auction and raffle on May 31. Mills, 33, lost her fight with cancer on Sunday — Mother’s Day. She leaves behind a husband as well as children age [...]

We used to live behind these ponds. When they were drained and graded there were hundreds of shad in them. My understanding is that they ARE linked to the deep water channel directly and serve as an outlet to the channel when rain fall is too high. I could be wrong, but that is what the construction guys told me. I have caught bass, catfish, shad and bluegil […]